Ethernet Enabled Christmas Bells – Create a Tune in Real Time!
Here’s a superb project which allows you to create a Christmas jingle using a flash interface in your browser. Then, you’re redirected to a webcam where you can see your tune played in real time! Awesome! The project uses the Arduino to handle the communication and bell control. It’s dirt simple – you create different tones using letters on the keyboard and your your 20 seconds of musical wizardry is recorded and played back like a Christmas tune.
Create your Tune: 
So how does it work?
Using the magical powers of the Arduino, that’s how! The Arduino is connected to eight little motors (from a car’s central locking system) via a serproxy program. Transistors control the power needs of the motors which in turn ring a set of children’s handbells based upon your key presses. The analog sound and display is captured via a webcam and streamed on the website as a live feed. That’s what we get to see when we land on the homepage.
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